It's poppin

What is up my Kramas?

Just chillin. Writing an abstract. Oh wait no, I'm writing a blog instead.

Things are swimming along, and I am no longer being sucked down into a whirlpool of emotion and emoticons. :-)

I spent last weekend hiking, camping and whitewater rafting in West Virginia on the upper Gauley River. It was no less than supa dupa fly. 60 rapids in 5 hours, 5 class 5 rapids. I got dumped 3 or 4 times. I'm going back ASAP, hopefully in the spring with my family. Seriously, a great place.

Here is a "carnage" video from the river I rafted. Check out the Dildo hits around 2/3 of the way through. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4975456070922767135&hl=en

In the spring I graduate, and after that it's up in the air. I'll work for a least a year. Let's see if my degree gets me anywhere.

I need a haircut.

Love,
Lizzie

Emo for the day

Mostly I feel good, but sometimes I get emo. Right now I am emo.

Electronics are stressing me out, as is a more private situation. I’m trying to synthesize my thoughts on global warming in a 5 page report, but getting past half a page is proving to be impossible right now. I feel like crashing and burning, so Amy gave me a cigarette and I went outside to smoke it. I’m at the UIUC Undergrad Library, in the lower level, so when I exited to smoke I really entered a courtyard that is in a giant ditch of sorts. The undeniable symbolism of smoking a cigarette in a massive ditch was simply crushing. I felt like putting out the cigarette in my eye, taking shots of tequila until passing out and puking up my intestines in the neatly placed shrubbery.

But that was just a short lived fantasy. Right now I actually do feel like I might throw up. Stupid cigarette. Stupid me for smoking a cigarette. Stupid climate change for making me feel like a useless output of carbon.

Ahhhh. That almost feels better. Ranting to the internet was just what I needed. Now all I need is my cell phone back and for my computer to stop being a little shit. And a date.

Lizzie

Fall 07 Schedule

Classes:
Physics 101: I Haven't Done This Since High School
Environmental Studies 301: Global Warming is Real Suckas
Geography 466: Forget Everything You Knew About Environmental Politics
American Indian Studies 490: Oh Shit This is Cross Listed as a Literature Course
Environmental Studies 299: Making Stuff Happen

Work:
Catching birds for the state of Illinois

Activities:
Students for Environmental ConcernS (president)
Writing on the Wall (director)
Student Sustainability Committee (member)

Fun:
Drinkin, campin, sleepin, knittin, you know.